Cambridgeshire County Council has set its budget for the year with a promise of £56million being invested into road maintenance.
A full council meeting agreed on a legal budget for 2025/26 on Tuesday when members prioritised investment in highways maintenance as well as in children who become looked after and building new schools.
Councillors acknowledged the challenges the council is facing with the demand for services, increasing complexity of need, inflation, and market failures.
Despite this, the council says the business plan and budget process has been about listening to residents which is why more than £56million is being invested into highways maintenance.
The county council had to close a gap of £35.1m – with 73% of the council’s net spend now being funded from Council Tax.
The council has prioritised several key areas, based on resident feedback through its Quality-of-
• Investment of more than £56m in highways maintenance. This is to tackle the significant backlog of repairs, addressing resident concerns. This includes £14.5m for the day-to-day management of the highway and an additional £20m in planned maintenance including roads, pavements, drainage, bridges, safety barriers, traffic lights, public rights of way and cycleways.
• Sustaining critical adults and children’s social care, which includes £3m to cover inflation for local care providers and an extra £8m for the 5% increase in the Real Living Wage. An additional £9m for children who become looked after, £4.7m to support home to school transport services and £920,000 investment in capacity in SEND services.
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